Best infection control practices for intradermal, subcutaneous, and intramuscular needle injections

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 491-500

  Hutin, Yvan ^a   Hauri, Anja ^a   Chiarello, Linda ^b   Catlin, Mary ^c   Stilwell, Barbara ^a   Ghebrehiwet, Tesfamicael ^d   Garner, Julia ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Evidence based medicine; Infection control methods standards; Injections, Intradermal adverse effects standards; Injections, Intramuscular adverse effects standards; Injections, Subcutaneous adverse effects standards; Needles

Indexed keywords

MEDICINE; SAFETY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

BENCHMARKING; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INJECTIONS; NEEDLES; STERILIZATION; SYRINGES;

EID: 0041846495     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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